THE NEW YORKER with bookies' stands and a mass of hu- manity that didn't allow anyone, ex- cept those lucky enough to be jammed against the rail, a chance of getting even so much as a glimpse of a horse. The race was well contested with a very fair start from an Australian gate, but It seemed quite evident that not one of the jockeys broke his m'Ount off in our hair-trigger fashion, which to my mind might win the race then and there, even over such a distance of ground, by avoiding the otherwise un- avoidable crowding in so large a field. After being spectacular up to the three- sixteenths pole-four or five horses ran practically abreast with none under real pressure-the race suddenly seemed flat. The unknown Trigo, a plain horse, on the small side, stretched him- self and won handily. Walter Gay and Brienz each placed easily and helped to make the finish even flatter. Ow- ing to the failure of the favorites to make any real showing there was little demonstration. "Among the many distinguished visitors, I noted Lord Hoozis, brother of the Honourable George, and from a notebook he conveniently dropped in my pocket I gleaned the following: The largest crowd in the history of the Derby. . . . A free ride for all jockeys from the dressing-room to the paddock, a quarter of a mile off. . . . Admission to the paddock a pound extra for visitors. . . . The bookies shout their odds in impossible English -odds that would put even the bookies at hunt meetings to shame. . . . Old boys and young boys, all in top hats, black and gray, and sporting umbrellas. . . . The Derby candidates, equally scornful of the elements, prancing about the paddock in their little sheets reaching no further than from saddle girths to crupper. . . . Bert Michell, Reigh Count's trainer, telling me that the horse is very well and will have an English jockey in the saddle for the Coronation Cup. . . . More rain, crowds, orderly confusion. . . . The re- treat from the Derby, on foot, push- bike, horseback, motor, bus, tram. . ." " OH ." h H , qUIte, says t e onourable George. "Over there they watch the horses warm up in the paddock- over here they wait to see them warm up in the betting."-AuDAx MINOR . HOOVER PRAISES LORD AS GENERAL RE- TIRES-Headline in the Times. Yes, if we get a few generals out of the way. . . 87 PRESTWICK one oj 50 styles at $7 0':::: f$/l ..... , ." ,:.:,0+ Â :t .. "w '.;-0 \';;;;:t 1 '",,' ".. ;ø.' ."' :' " Ø f.J 't I II i I l,j ! I I i I II II It is priced à la 1929 Shoe men have known for years how to build a $7 shoe. . . . But we have found how to make a $9 shoe and sell it for $7. That calls for a big organization like ours, with large volume and more modern methods. . . . Why should a shoe cost you as much today as it did 10 years ago? 555 5th Avenue, New York City North of 45th Street Other convenient shops in New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Newark